This website contains supplementary information for the posters entitled “Just the Facts” on Workforce and Economic Development created by the Summer 2021 Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) Team-work on behalf of the Iowa Department of Human Rights. Navigate this page using the Table of Contents below and learn more about our project.
The Posters section contains the final posters we created for DHR, Data Analysis contains links to supplementary material for each vignette, Data Sources contains resources to where we obtain our data, Language Mapper Web App links to the Iowa language usage map we created, and Meet Team-work! contains information about our team members.
Table of Contents
Posters
Where are Immigrants and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Working in Iowa?
To learn more about this poster, see the vignette Where are Migrants and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Working in Iowa?
What are the Employment Characteristics of Iowans with Disabilities?
To learn more about this poster, see the vignette What are the Employment Characteristics of Iowans with Disabilities?
How Do Race, Ethnicity, and Disability Status Affect how Iowans Commute to Work?
To learn more about this poster, see the vignette How Do Race, Ethnicity, and Disability Status Affect how Iowans Commute to Work?
How Does Employment and Unemployment Compare Across Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity?
To learn more about this poster, see the vignette How Does Employment and Unemployment Compare Across Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity?
Data Analysis
Here are links to scripts/vignettes that show how to reproduce plots and insights discussed in the poster.
Language Mapper Web App
Our team has also created a web application that shows language usage across the state of Iowa by congressional districts, counties, state senate districts, state house districts, and school districts.
The application is accessible online here.
